Dave on I decided to finally make some bread. I started with one of Jack’s recipes, obviously the second will be better than the first. It tasted fine, I made a bit of mess and the kneading could have gone better.
Dave on In Chile, they are developing a new constitution; they have used citizen’s assemblies to develop the constitution. They will vote on it later this year. Here is a guide on the draft, in Spanish and in English, by Google translate. I know! Legal documents shouldn’t be translated.
Dave on The United Nations conducts a quinquennial review of its member states compliance with the UN Declaration on Human Rights. Who knew?
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Dave on Is the EU sclerotic by initial design?
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Dave on For those interested in Labour’s new proscription rules this is the central list of Prohibited Acts …
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Dave on This is a trick, plane or train? It’s an arse-ache to get to cheaply (and quickly). Here’s what I have found.
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Dave on While in Berlin, I saw a post bitching about Corbyn and Starmer’s contribution to Brexit, and remembered that Labour’s RemaIN campaign run by the then legacy leadership was also weak. I know that the doorstep operation was weakened by the lack of commitment of the party and the exhaustion from the local elections that had taken place the previous month. The timing is further evidence that Cameron was unsure of what he wanted; whether it was a strong Tory Party or to remain in the EU. It’s common belief that Corbyn didn’t work hard enough, and that his Office were pro-leave, but what did the Party do.
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Dave on I can’t make the Nulis theme work with modals and there’s been a problem with CSS for a while; I am planning to switch my theme again. I have collected whole bunch, and have short-listed I like Cronus, which is a derivative of Tempo. Nulis and Cronus seem to have been abandoned. Here are my notes. Read More
Dave on I needed to extract what I said about Tanks from my piece on the 2021 Defence White Paper as it took a lot of space on a peripheral issue. What I captured was the leaks before publication which suggested that the Tanks were going to be chopped, and then comments on the white paper’s outcome. I have also found a youtube video that examines if infantry anti-tank weapons have led to an end of the age of the tank citing the Ukraine war as evidence.
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Dave on Dave on I am working up another article on Corruption and had cause to look at how the private sector is pursued. The answer is by public sector bodies who produce reports on how effective they are. Here are my links and notes.
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Dave on Dave on Originally subtitled, evidence of Russia’s receipts. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has reminded every one of the way in which British Politics has been sold. Sanctions were applied slowly and incompletely. We are out of the EU. Here are my notes and links
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Dave on I have developed a sudden interest in Lithuania, at the moment in its borders over time. Here are my notes.
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Dave on This article was my first article to prove a toggle on display/hide. You can see the widget below/overleaf. … Read More
